13–14 May 1884 • Hartford, Conn. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 02974)
Dear Frank—Please send him, in cloth, such of my books as you have published, & charge to
Our club is now fitting up permanent quarters and proposes to make its library as complete and valuable as possible. Generous gifts are being received from leading publishers, and it is hoped that you will recognize the needs of this small but energetic band of toilers on the tripod by some memento of yourself which, reposing on a library shelf, will stand as an enduring monument of your generosity. I assure you that the club will duly acknowledge any favors from you.
indecipherable docket in an unidentified hand written across letter
References
- Mark Twain House and Museum, Hartford, Conn.
- Machlis, Paul, ed. Union Catalog of Clemens Letters. Edited by Paul Machlis. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. [In some cases, UCCL catalog numbers cited in this volume supersede those assigned in 1986 and reflect corrections or additions to the catalog since publication. An updated version of the catalog can be consulted via the Letters Search page at MTPO.] 1986
- Machlis, Paul, ed. Union Catalog of Letters to Clemens. Edited by Paul Machlis, with the assistance of Deborah Ann Turner. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. [An updated version of the catalog can be consulted via the Letters Search page atMTPO.] 1992
- Microfilm Edition of Mark Twain’s Previously Unpublished Letters. Prepared by Anh Quynh Bui, Victor Fischer, Michael B. Frank, Robert H. Hirst, Lin Salamo, and Harriet Elinor Smith. 8 vols. Berkeley: The Bancroft Library. 2001
MS, written on George P. Wallihan to SLC, 11 May 1884, UCLC 42140, CtHMTH.
MicroPUL , reel 2.